In an escalating international dispute, Israel launched a series of diplomatic attacks against several of its Western allies as they prepare to recognize a Palestinian state next month.

Lebanon said on Thursday it was launching the planned disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps, part of a wider effort to establish a state monopoly on arms.

The Lebanese Army has collected light weapons from a Palestinian refugee camp for the first time as part of a disarmament campaign, the NNA state news agency reported on Thursday. A truck left Bourj el-Barajneh in the early evening with covered weapons,

Germany's foreign minister has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas after a meeting in Indonesia.

The new poll comes amid mounting indicators of diminishing support for Israel among Americans. It also found a partisan divide, with 78% of Democrats and 41% of Republicans supporting the idea that U.N. members should recognize a Palestinian state. A majority of Republicans, 53%, opposed the idea.

French President Emmanuel Macron shared a letter addressed to the leader of the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, citing a need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

A State Department official was fired for being on the wrong side of a debate over the Trump administration’s policies toward relocating Palestinians in Gaza and Israel’s claims to the West

A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.